Like children across the country — and even right here at home in Lincoln Parish — Josh Sanderson knows what it’s like to have your world turned upside down by cancer.

At only 3 years old, Sanderson was diagnosed with cancer and told that St. Jude Children’s Research hospital would be his best chance of survival.

“We immediately hit the road and got into Memphis in the middle of the night,” Sanderson said. “They were waiting there for us to come in. At 3 I didn’t realize the seriousness of the situation, but I knew that these people treated me and my family incredibly.”